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Randall Sutton, an employment law and litigation attorney here at Saalfeld Griggs PC, spoke about employer vaccine mandates at the Salem Chamber’s most recent Public Policy meeting. Click here to watch the meeting from September 2nd, and navigate to minute 35:45 to hear the beginning of Randy’s talk. Randall Sutton is a …
By Financial Services Industry Group On August 16, 2021, Governor Kate Brown signed Executive Order 21-30, which extended the mortgage foreclosure moratorium emergency period of House Bill 2009 (2021) to 11:59 p.m. on December 31, 2021. The Oregon State Legislative Assembly passed HB 2009 during its first regular session in 2021. The law temporarily halted …
Salem, OR, United States, August 19, 2021 — Saalfeld Griggs Business Lawyers is pleased to announce that seven of its lawyers have been recognized in the 2022 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America. Recognition by Best Lawyers is based entirely on peer review using methodology designed to capture, as accurately as possible, the consensus …
By Randall Sutton, Partner – Employment Law & Litigation Practice Group As the Delta Variant continues to keep COVID-19 on the forefront of employers’ minds, I’ve received a lot of calls about the legality of vaccine mandates and issues for employers to consider. Viewpoints on the merits of mandatory vaccination policies vary dramatically. This …
By Jennifer Paul, Partner in the Condemnation & Unconstitutional Takings Practice Group Saalfeld Griggs PC is pleased to announce that its condemnation team of attorneys, Paul Sundermier and Jennifer Paul, will be co-chairing and presenting at the Seminar Group’s Eminent Domain—Current Developments in Condemnation, Valuation and Challenges conference on June 3 & 4, 2021. This seminar …
State of Oregon provides details about Commercial Rent Relief Program starting on March 8, 20201. Details can be found here
by Erich Paetsch, Chair, Financial Services Industry Group In its semi-annual Monetary Policy Report to Congress, the Federal Reserve on February 19th issued a warning about insolvency risk to Congress. The Report identifies business leverage at historic highs given the economic and financial struggles firms have encountered due to COVID-19. In particular, the Federal Reserve …
by Alan Sorem, Partner, Real Estate and Land Use Practice Group If a tree branch falls in my neighborhood, everyone has an opinion. Tree lovers express unconditional confidence that they know that a tree hanging precariously over a house can be saved. Neighbors whose homes and fences have been damaged express frustration at their bad …
By Financial Services Industry Group On February 16, 2021, President Biden took three actions that affected the current standing rules regarding a lender’s rights and obligations with respect to residential mortgage loan borrowers during the global COVID-19 pandemic. First, President Biden extended the existing foreclosure and eviction moratorium, which was set to expire …
by Financial Services Industry Group On November 5, 2020, the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a district court’s decision that a lender did not suffer an uncompensated taking when a homeowners association’s relatively small assessment lien foreclosure extinguished the lender’s first-in-time mortgage deed of trust. Many residential communities include certain common …